Three films in, and the producers felt that the first two had already basically established a formula. To prevent audience fatigue, they decided, inspired by the massive success of a Spanish film called Coming at Ya!, decided to make the film in 3-D. This would make it the first Paramount feature to have 3-D since 1956's Ulysses. Though, a number of issues arose from this, from Paramount becoming subject to a lawsuit due to them changing the producer of 3-D lens to adjustments to filming to them attempting to find interesting things to film in 3-D. The film originally was going to center on Ginny (Amy Steel) from the last one attempting to evade Jason in a mental hospital, but Steel declined to return. Director Steve Miner did return, as did Ron Kurz. Once again, it was a critical bomb, but a financial success, though Paramount had to spend $8-10 million due to having to supply the 3-D lenses themselves.
The film starts off with a flashback to the climax of the last one, where Ginny (Amy Steel) distracts Jason by putting on his mother sweater, briefly tricking him for long enough that Paul (John Furey) is able to subdue him. Jason (now Richard Brooker) decides to get up, and wanders to a local hardware store, where he kills the husband-and-wife owners (Steve Susskind and Cheri Maugans). Meanwhile, Chris Higgins (Dana Kimmell) takes a group of her friends including Rick (Paul Kratka), Debbie ( Tracy Savage), Vera (Catherine Parks), and Shelly (Larry Zerner) to her old summer house on Crystal Lake. This is despite an incident that had occurred to Chris there a couple months ago. Shelly, the prankster, constantly scares the group for attention. Eventually, he and Vera run afoul of some bikers, who try to avenge their bikes being destroyed by Shelly by setting fire to the barn. This is when Jason begins his own series of attacks.
This wasn't as good as the second one, but it was decent enough. Good effects, some creative kills and twists on the formula (including a more disgusting replacement for Crazy Ralph). I did like that Chris had a personal encounter with Jason before, meaning there is a higher stake for her. The mask (conceived by 3-D effects specialist Martin Sadoff from a Detroit Red Wings mask he had as part of the test shots) is a very intimidating addition, giving Jason his signature look, which proves very intimidating when it first shows up on screen.
I'll admit, this formula is starting to wear on me three films in. It just no longer feels surprising or shocking. It just kind of goes through the motions at this point. It's not helped by the fact this is the slowest of the three, and despite only being 95 minutes, feels a lot longer. Oh, yeah, there are also shots clearly meant for a 3-D showing. Some scares are okay, but most of these feel gratuitous and irritating, and I suspect a 3-D showing would make it worse.
This wasn't bad per se, but it is a downgrade from the last one. Maybe if they had shaken up the formula a little more, and used the 3-D for better effect, it could've worked, but the problem ultimately stems from how tedious it becomes. I'd say skip this, unless you're a completionist.
The film starts off with a flashback to the climax of the last one, where Ginny (Amy Steel) distracts Jason by putting on his mother sweater, briefly tricking him for long enough that Paul (John Furey) is able to subdue him. Jason (now Richard Brooker) decides to get up, and wanders to a local hardware store, where he kills the husband-and-wife owners (Steve Susskind and Cheri Maugans). Meanwhile, Chris Higgins (Dana Kimmell) takes a group of her friends including Rick (Paul Kratka), Debbie ( Tracy Savage), Vera (Catherine Parks), and Shelly (Larry Zerner) to her old summer house on Crystal Lake. This is despite an incident that had occurred to Chris there a couple months ago. Shelly, the prankster, constantly scares the group for attention. Eventually, he and Vera run afoul of some bikers, who try to avenge their bikes being destroyed by Shelly by setting fire to the barn. This is when Jason begins his own series of attacks.
This wasn't as good as the second one, but it was decent enough. Good effects, some creative kills and twists on the formula (including a more disgusting replacement for Crazy Ralph). I did like that Chris had a personal encounter with Jason before, meaning there is a higher stake for her. The mask (conceived by 3-D effects specialist Martin Sadoff from a Detroit Red Wings mask he had as part of the test shots) is a very intimidating addition, giving Jason his signature look, which proves very intimidating when it first shows up on screen.
I'll admit, this formula is starting to wear on me three films in. It just no longer feels surprising or shocking. It just kind of goes through the motions at this point. It's not helped by the fact this is the slowest of the three, and despite only being 95 minutes, feels a lot longer. Oh, yeah, there are also shots clearly meant for a 3-D showing. Some scares are okay, but most of these feel gratuitous and irritating, and I suspect a 3-D showing would make it worse.
This wasn't bad per se, but it is a downgrade from the last one. Maybe if they had shaken up the formula a little more, and used the 3-D for better effect, it could've worked, but the problem ultimately stems from how tedious it becomes. I'd say skip this, unless you're a completionist.
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